Buckle



(No Model.)

S. C. PURDY. BUCKLE.

No. 598,112. Patented Feb. 1, 1898.

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SlLAS C. .PURDY, OF ATKINSON,`NEBRASKA.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,112, dated February 1, 1898.

V Application iiled July 16, 189 7. Serial No. 644,815. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAS C. PURDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atkinson, in the county of Holt and Stare of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles;` and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to the class of buckles known as rigid-frame and rigid-tongue buckles; and it consistsofcertain details of structure that will be hereinafter fully described.

The objects of the invention are to provide a buckle that will be very easily and cheaply manufactured, very effective in use, and will present no projections or protuberances that will prevent the buckles used under certain conditions from running freely and without obstruction through a ring or loop.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification and on which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different views, Figure l is a perspective view of the preferred form of my buckle. Fig. 2 is a section showing a strap or a billet applied thereto with a snap-hook attached in the loop or billet. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a slightly-1nodified form. Fig. 4 is a section of the modification having a continuous strap applied in the rear and a single strap or billet attached to the front bar..

The buckle is inadc,preferably, of one piece.

,A A represent the side bars, which are substantially wedge-shaped, the widest part or portion of the bars being at the rear end of the' buckle.

B B are the cross-bars at the rear, one arranged at the top of the side bars and the other at the bottorm leaving a slot or opening between them, as well shown in the drawings, for the passage of the strap or straps. y

C is a front cross-bar which is substantially cylindrical in form, and it is provided with a tongue or stud E, which projects to the rear. This tongue or ,stud has an enlargement or ball on its end to prevent the strap from being accidentally disengaged therefrom. The strap is applied by inserting the free end thereof through a slit or opening between the `with the art.

rear cross-hars B B, passing out through a loop or ring, if such a device is to be used, and securing it by the engagement with the stud or tongue through a proper hole or aperture in the strap, and the free end is then passed underneath the front cross-bar C,

. which in this manner forms a keeper therefor.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a slightly-modiiied form of the invention which is specially designed for a continuous strap or where the straps are connected to form a crotch or yoke. The structural order is the same as in Fig. l, with the exception that a central cross-bar D is used, and the tongue or stud E is attached to and forms a part of this bar and projects toward the front instead of toward the rear of the buckle, as in the first instance. In securing a strap to this form of the device it is inserted in the same manner through the slot or opening in the rear of the buckle formed by the said bars A A and the two cross-bars B B, connected with the tongue or stud E on the central cross-bar D, and then returned through the slot or opening, thus forming a loop that can only be disengaged by pushing one or the other end of the strap inward or toward the front bar of the buckle. The strap, dependent upon the use for which it is designed or the part of the harness to which it is to be applied, is stitched, riveted,

or otherwise secured to the front cross-bar C.

This form of the device is especially adapted for checkreins for double harness or for connecting the back-strap with the crupper-strap, as will be readily apparent to any one familiar It will be seen that as the tongue or stud lies in the same or a parallel plane with the side bars of the buckle through a strap, loop, or turret-ring without interference therewith it makes a very neat, secure, and perfect fastening. The head or ball on the end of the stud prevents accidental disif any, wider than the diameter of the cross` bar at that point, thus avoiding any projections to stop the buckle in passingit through a loop or ring, which would be the case if the side bars should be of uniform width throughout.

A buckle is produced by the construction described that will have the fewest possible projections, and the result is a very neat and effective buckle for the purpose for which it is designed.

The advantages of the invention are cheapness of construction, facility of adjustment, and thoroughness and eectiveness in use.

Minor changes in the details of construction within the scope of the invention may be made without departing from the spirit or sacricing the advantages thereof.

Having `thus fully described the mode of making, constructing, and using my buckle, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A buckle having wedge-shaped side bars, cross-bars at the top and bottom of the side bars leaving a slot or opening between them, a cross-bar and the headed stud or tongue extending in the direction of the length of the side bars, substantially as set forth.

2. A buckle having wedge-shaped side bars, top and bot-tom cross-bars at one end, with a slot or opening between them, a front crossbar at the opposite ends of the side bars, said bar having a headed stud or tongue extending in the direction of the length of the side bars, in combination with a strap or billet passed through the slot or opening between the rear cross-bars formed into a loop, the front portion of which is engaged with the headed stud, the end of the strap being inserted underneath the cross-bar, forming a keeper therefor, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SILAS C. PURDY.

Witnesses:

J. E. ALLISON, IRA J. BURLESON. 

